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  1. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeekRemove
  2. Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaRemove
  3. Perceptron Mk1.5PerceptronRemove
  4. Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleRemove

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deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 vs qwen3.8-27b vs perceptron-mk1.5 vs gemini-3.8-flash
AttributeDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017Qwen3.8 27Bqwen3.8-27bPerceptron Mk1.5perceptron-mk1.5Gemini 3.8 Flashgemini-3.8-flash
Pricing
Input$0.10 / 1M$0.45 / 1M$0.15 / 1M$0.75 / 1M
Output$0.50 / 1M$3.20 / 1M$1.50 / 1M$3.75 / 1M
Cache Write (5m)$0.10 / 1M$0.45 / 1M$0.15 / 1M$0.75 / 1M
Cache Write (1h)$0.10 / 1M$0.45 / 1M$0.15 / 1M$0.75 / 1M
Cache Read$0.10 / 1M$0.45 / 1M$0.15 / 1M$0.75 / 1M
Web Search$0 / 1M$0 / 1M$0 / 1M$0 / 1M
Context
Max context1M262K36.9K1M
Max outputN/AN/AN/AN/A
Capabilities
VisionYesYesNoYes
Function CallingYesYesNoYes
JSON ModeYesYesNoYes
StreamingYesYesYesYes
Catalogue
ProviderDeepSeekAlibabaPerceptronGoogle
Categorychatchatchatchat
Charge typePay As You GoPay As You GoPay As You GoPay As You Go
Released——2026-09-25—
Description
SummaryDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 is the October 17, 2026 snapshot of DeepSeek’s cost-efficient Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model, built on its innovative Causal Encoder-Decoder (CED) architecture. Featuring 552B total parameters with 8B activated for input and 16B for output, it combines efficient inference with native multimodal understanding through jointly trained text and visual representations. Optimized for coding, terminal and computer-use agents, and long-horizon workflows, the model introduces compressed KV caching that reduces cache memory usage to approximately one-quarter of the previous Flash generation. DeepSeek reports that it surpasses V4 Pro in performance, inference speed, and task completion time, making it well suited for cost-efficient autonomous agents, complex software engineering, and long-context analysis.Qwen3.8 27B is an open-weight dense vision-language model from Qwen, designed for coding, professional knowledge work, research, and multimodal interaction. It combines strong text and visual understanding with capabilities optimized for sustained, real-world agentic tasks. The model supports flexible thinking modes that can be enabled for deeper reasoning or disabled for faster execution, making it well suited for long-running agents, multimodal workflows, coding assistants, and cost-conscious self-hosted deployments.Perceptron Mk1.5 chat model that accepts audio input. Audio and text input are billed per token.Gemini 3.8 Flash is Google's most intelligent Flash-class model, delivering significant improvements over Gemini 3.7 Flash across software engineering, agentic workflows, and complex multi-step reasoning. Designed to combine strong capability with Flash-tier efficiency, it is well suited for coding assistants, autonomous agents, and high-throughput production workflows that require responsive performance without sacrificing reasoning quality.